Florence Garvin
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Florence Garvin was a women's rights
activist, the daughter of former Rhode Island
governor Lucius F. C. Garvin
, the author of several books including Land Rent, Arden Charm and Americanism and a candidate for United States Vice President in the 1932
and 1936 presidential elections
.
She was a member of the National American Woman Suffrage Association
, the head of the Rhode Island College Equal Suffrage League and Third Vice-President of the Women's National Single Tax League, a group supporting the ideas of Henry George
.
In 1932
she was the running mate of presidential candidate John Zahnd of the National Party
, also known as the Independent Party; Zahnd has been called "one of the more intriguing fringe candidates in American history."She was the third woman to have run for vice-president in the United States. They won 1,645 votes versus the 22,821,277 of winners Franklin Delano Roosevelt and John Nance Garner
. It was the only time perennial candidate
Zahnd was known to have received any votes. She ran again with Zahnd in 1936
at which point the party's name was changed to the Greenback Party
.
Women's rights
Women's rights are entitlements and freedoms claimed for women and girls of all ages in many societies.In some places these rights are institutionalized or supported by law, local custom, and behaviour, whereas in others they may be ignored or suppressed...
activist, the daughter of former Rhode Island
Rhode Island
The state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, more commonly referred to as Rhode Island , is a state in the New England region of the United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area...
governor Lucius F. C. Garvin
Lucius F. C. Garvin
Lucius Fayette Clark Garvin was the 48th Governor of Rhode Island from 1903-1905.- Origins and family :...
, the author of several books including Land Rent, Arden Charm and Americanism and a candidate for United States Vice President in the 1932
United States presidential election, 1932
The United States presidential election of 1932 took place as the effects of the Wall Street Crash of 1929, the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930, the Revenue Act of 1932, and the Great Depression were being felt intensely across the country. President Herbert Hoover's popularity was falling as...
and 1936 presidential elections
United States presidential election, 1936
The United States presidential election of 1936 was the most lopsided presidential election in the history of the United States in terms of electoral votes. In terms of the popular vote, it was the third biggest victory since the election of 1820, which was not seriously contested.The election took...
.
She was a member of the National American Woman Suffrage Association
National American Woman Suffrage Association
The National American Woman Suffrage Association was an American women's rights organization formed in May 1890 as a unification of the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association...
, the head of the Rhode Island College Equal Suffrage League and Third Vice-President of the Women's National Single Tax League, a group supporting the ideas of Henry George
Henry George
Henry George was an American writer, politician and political economist, who was the most influential proponent of the land value tax, also known as the "single tax" on land...
.
In 1932
United States presidential election, 1932
The United States presidential election of 1932 took place as the effects of the Wall Street Crash of 1929, the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930, the Revenue Act of 1932, and the Great Depression were being felt intensely across the country. President Herbert Hoover's popularity was falling as...
she was the running mate of presidential candidate John Zahnd of the National Party
National Party (United States)
The National Party was an early-20th-century national political organization in the United States founded by pro-war defectors from the Socialist Party of America in 1917. Rather than filing into the Democratic Party, these adherents of the SPA Right first formed a non-partisan national society to...
, also known as the Independent Party; Zahnd has been called "one of the more intriguing fringe candidates in American history."She was the third woman to have run for vice-president in the United States. They won 1,645 votes versus the 22,821,277 of winners Franklin Delano Roosevelt and John Nance Garner
John Nance Garner
John Nance Garner, IV , was the 32nd Vice President of the United States and the 44th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives .- Early life and family :...
. It was the only time perennial candidate
Perennial candidate
A perennial candidate is one who frequently runs for public office with a record of success that is infrequent, if existent at all. Perennial candidates are often either members of minority political parties or have political opinions that are not mainstream. They may run without any serious hope...
Zahnd was known to have received any votes. She ran again with Zahnd in 1936
United States presidential election, 1936
The United States presidential election of 1936 was the most lopsided presidential election in the history of the United States in terms of electoral votes. In terms of the popular vote, it was the third biggest victory since the election of 1820, which was not seriously contested.The election took...
at which point the party's name was changed to the Greenback Party
National Party (United States)
The National Party was an early-20th-century national political organization in the United States founded by pro-war defectors from the Socialist Party of America in 1917. Rather than filing into the Democratic Party, these adherents of the SPA Right first formed a non-partisan national society to...
.